Way back in March when many fantasy leagues were holding their drafts, the second base landscape seemed far different than it is today. Then, there seemed to be a quartet of names at the top of the list deemed worthy -- at least according to ADP -- of being in the overall top 40: Robinson Cano (9.5), Jason Kipnis (24.3), Dustin Pedroia (25.1) and Ian Kinsler (36.8).

Today, according to the ESPN Player Rater, we see five other names from that position finding their way into the fantasy elite thus far this season: Brian Dozier (No. 4), Dee Gordon (No. 6), Daniel Murphy (No. 27), Jose Altuve (No. 28) and Howie Kendrick (No. 32). Although Kinsler pretty much is giving his owners what they expected -- he's ranked No. 40 overall -- we don't see any of the other usual suspects in the top 100.

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Eric Karabell

Eric Karabell is a senior writer for ESPN.com. He has worked at ESPN since 1997 and covered fantasy sports for ESPN since 2001, specializing in baseball and football. Eric contributes to ESPN The Magazine and appears on a variety of digital platforms for ESPN.com. He has been honored twice as fantasy sports writer of the year by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association, his blog was named best fantasy baseball series for 2007 and he was inducted into the inaugural FSWA Hall of Fame class in 2011.

Eric grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, and accordingly, favors all Philly teams first, his fantasy teams second. He previously served as ESPN.com's lead NBA editor, and is a former Washington Post and Philadelphia Inquirer sports writer. Eric is also the author of "The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments," published by Source Books and available in bookstores and online.